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===Serum PSA=== | ===Serum PSA=== | ||
*Normal - typically < 4.0 ng/mL. | *Normal - typically <= 4.0 ng/mL. | ||
*Increases with age.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Ku JH, Ahn JO, Lee CH, ''et al.'' |title=Distribution of serum prostate-specific antigen in healthy Korean men: influence of ethnicity |journal=Urology |volume=60 |issue=3 |pages=475–9 |year=2002 |month=September |pmid=12350489 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | **[[Sensitivity]]: 82% (whites), 90% (blacks).<ref name=pmid8998182>{{Cite journal | last1 = Henderson | first1 = RJ. | last2 = Eastham | first2 = JA. | last3 = Culkin | first3 = DJ. | last4 = Kattan | first4 = MW. | last5 = Whatley | first5 = T. | last6 = Mata | first6 = J. | last7 = Venable | first7 = D. | last8 = Sartor | first8 = O. | title = Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) and PSA density: racial differences in men without prostate cancer. | journal = J Natl Cancer Inst | volume = 89 | issue = 2 | pages = 134-8 | month = Jan | year = 1997 | doi = | PMID = 8998182 }} | ||
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**[[Specificity]]: 52% (whites), 38% (blacks).).<ref name=pmid8998182/> | |||
*Increases with age.<ref name=pmid12350489>{{cite journal |author=Ku JH, Ahn JO, Lee CH, ''et al.'' |title=Distribution of serum prostate-specific antigen in healthy Korean men: influence of ethnicity |journal=Urology |volume=60 |issue=3 |pages=475–9 |year=2002 |month=September |pmid=12350489 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | |||
===Prostate specific antigen density=== | ===Prostate specific antigen density=== |
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